A man who always wanted to know what it's like to smash through a garage door now knows the feeling

Walter Thomas poses at his home in on June 3, 2015. Thomas can check one thing off his bucket list after backing a car through a garage door on purpose with his family's help. AP Photo/Teresa Crawford

A suburban Chicago man who says he always wanted to know what it felt like to smash through a garage door now knows.

Ninety-one-year-old Walter Thomas of Woodstock was able to slam an SUV through a garage door with his family's help.

The garage was slated to be torn down, so Thomas' action was of no consequence. The SUV was donated. It was then up to Thomas to back it through the garage door and check that activity off his bucket list.

Thomas described what he did this way: "I hit the gas, squealed the tires, and bang — we went through the door."